Rebecca Evans-Polce, Ph.D. 426 Thompson Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 647-9296 bjevans@umich.edu Education 2013-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2008-2012 Ph.D., Health, Behavior and Society Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 2002-2006 B.S., Biopsychology and Cognitive Science University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Research Support Pending 2016 Co-Investigator National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22, R01 AA023504. Status: Submitted 11/2016 Current 2016-present Research Investigator National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Dynamic Links Between Risk Factors, Substance Use, and Consequences: Ages 18 to 35 (R01DA037902) and Extreme Binge Drinking During the Transition to Adulthood (R01AA023504), Youth and Social Issues, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2016-present Consultant National Institute on Drug Abuse, Age-varying effects in the epidemiology of drug abuse (R01DA039854), The Methodology Center, Pennsylvania State University Previous 2013-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute on Drug Abuse, Prevention and Methodology Training Program Institutional Kirschstein Award, 1
(T32DA017629), Pennsylvania State University Updated August 2017 2008-2012 Doctoral Trainee National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Dependence Epidemiology Training Program Institutional Kirschstein Award (T32DA007292), Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health 2
Research/Professional Experience Updated August 2017 2016-present University of Michigan, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research Research Investigator Engaging in independent and collaborative research on the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of substance use across the life course, using innovative research methods. 2013-2016 Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center and The Methodology Center Postdoctoral Fellow Applying innovative research methods, including time-varying effect modeling, latent class analysis, and multilevel modeling, to research on alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use across the life course 2008-2012 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society (PI: Margaret Ensminger) Doctoral student researcher Examining how behavioral, social, and contextual factors over the life course impact later substance use, substance use treatment, and mortality. 2006-2008 National Institute on Drug Abuse, Nicotine Psychopharmacology Unit (PIs: Kenzie Preston & Stephen Heishman) Post-baccalaureate research fellow Developing and implementing research on cognitive effects of nicotine and patterns of nicotine craving and relapse. Running experiments, analyzing data, preparing manuscripts, reviewing literature. 2006 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Clinical Psychophysiology and Psychopharmacology Laboratory (PI: Frances Gabbay) Research assistant Initiating a research project using neuropsychological ERP methodology. Developing questionnaires and materials for study, running ERP experiments, recruiting participants, reviewing literature. 2004 University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology (PI: James Woods) Research assistant Assisting in research on the effects of cocaine esterase on cocaine overdose in rats. Performing animal injections and running experiments, reviewing data. 2003-2004 University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Family Health Clinic (PI: Elaine McIntosh) Research assistant Recruiting for and implementing a health program at a medical clinic for patients at risk for heart disease and diabetes. 3
2002-2003 University of Michigan, Department of Social Work, Family Development Project (PI: Michael Spencer) Research assistant Conducting community-based participatory research to assess the needs of Head Start programs in southeast Detroit, Assisting with the development of educational materials on child mental health for the Headstart community. Teaching Experience 2014-2015 Guest Lecturer, The Pennsylvania State University Introduction to Time-Vary Effect Models, Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies 2012 Lead Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Design in the Social and Behavioral Sciences 2009-2012 Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Psychosocial Factors in Health and Illness, Research Design in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Program Planning for Health Behavior Change Publications Manuscripts Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E., & O'Malley, P. M. (2017). Prospective associations of 12 th grade drinking intensity and age 19/20 driving-related consequences in a national sample. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(3), 389-391. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.04.016 Evans-Polce, R.J., Maggs, J.L., Staff, J., & Lanza, S.T. (2017). The age-varying association of student status with excessive alcohol use: Ages 18 to 30 years. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41(2), 407-413. doi: 10.1111/acer.13294. PMCID: PMC5272785 Patrick, M. E., Evans-Polce, R. J., Kloska, D. D., Maggs, J. L., & Lanza, S. T. (2017). Age-related changes in associations between reasons for alcohol use and high-intensity drinking across young adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(4), 558-570. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.558 Evans-Polce, R. J. & Schuler, M. S. (2016). Rates of past-year alcohol treatment across two-time metrics and differences by alcohol use disorder severity and mental health comorbidities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 166, 194-201. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.07.010. PMCID: PMC4991640 Evans-Polce, R. J., Staff, J., & Maggs, J. L. (2016). Alcohol abstention in early adulthood and premature mortality: Do early life factors, social support, and health explain this association? Social Science & Medicine, 163, 71-79. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.052. PMCID: PMC4970918 4
Staff, J., Cundiff, K., Maggs, J. & Evans-Polce, R.J. (2016). Childhood cigarette and alcohol use: Negative links with school engagement, academic achievement, and wellbeing. Addictive Behaviors, 62, 122-128. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.06.022. PMCID: PMC4955834 Evans-Polce, R. J., Lanza, S. T., & Maggs, J. L. (2015). Heterogeneity of alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use behaviors in U.S. college students: A latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 53, 80-85. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.10.010. PMCID: PMC4712642 Evans-Polce, R. J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Schomerus, G., & Evans-Lacko, S. E. (2015). The downside of tobacco control? Smoking self-stigma: a systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 145, 26-34. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.09.026 PMCID: PMC4630105 Patrick, M. E., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Maggs, J. L. (2015). Alcohol mixed with energy drinks as a predictor of alcohol-related consequences up to two years later: The authors respond. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(2), 346-347. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.346. PMCID: PMC4161695 Evans-Polce, R. J., Vasilenko, S. A., & Lanza, S. T. (2015). Changes in gender and racial/ethnic disparities in rates of cigarette use, regular heavy episodic drinking, and marijuana use: Ages 14 to 32. Addictive Behaviors, 41, 218-222. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.029. PMCID: PMC4314406 Evans-Polce, R. J., Doherty, E. E., & Ensminger, M. E. (2014). Taking a life course approach to studying substance use treatment among a community cohort of African American substance users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, 216-223. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.06.025. PMCID: PMC4127101 Patrick, M. E., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Maggs, J. L. (2014). Alcohol mixed with energy drinks as a predictor of alcohol-related consequences up to two years later. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75(5), 753-757. PMCID: PMC4161695 Juon, H. S., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Ensminger, M. E. (2013). Early-life origins of mortality among inner-city African-Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 104(3), 548-54. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301228. PMCID: PMC3915037 Evans-Polce, R., Hulbert, A., & Latkin, C. (2012). The association of multiple neighborhood perceptions with depression among a highly impoverished urban sample. Journal of Community Psychology, 41(1), 52-64. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21510. PMCID: PMC4219739 Marrone, G. F., Paulpillai, M., Evans, R. J., Singleton, E. G., & Heishman, S. J. (2010). Breath carbon monoxide and semiquantitative saliva cotinine as biomarkers for smoking. Human Psychopharmacology, 25(1), 80-83. PMCID: PMC2805052 5
Heishman, S. J., Evans, R. J., Singleton, E. G., Levin, K. H., Copersino, M. L., & Gorelick, D. A. (2009). Reliability and validity of a short form of the Marijuana Craving Questionnaire. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 102(1-3), 35-40. PMCID: PMC2694410. Manuscripts under Review Evans-Polce, R. J., Schuler, M. S., Schulenberg, J. E., & Patrick, M. E. (under review). The association of sensation seeking with substance use across young adulthood: Differences across age and gender. Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E., Lanza, S.T., Miech, R. M., O Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. (under review). Reasons for vaping among U.S. 12 th graders: A latent class analysis. Jang, B., Schuler, M. S., Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E. (under revision). The association between young adult substance use and adult substance use disorder: Marriage as a causal pathway. Patrick, M. E., Terry-McElrath, Y., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Schulenberg, J. E. (under review). Consequences of alcohol and marijuana use in the past year among young adults ages 19 and 20. Schuler, M. S., Rice, C. E., Evans-Polce, R. J. (under revision). Age trends in the disparities in substance use behaviors and disorders among sexual minorities. Vasilenko, S. A., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Lanza, S. T. (under revision). Changes in rates of substance use disorders across ages 18-90: Differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Book chapters Doherty, E. E., Ensminger, M. E., & Evans-Polce, R. J. (alphabetical listing; 2014). Public health and interpersonal violence. In P. Fagan, A. Gielen, L. Green, & S. Kahan (Eds.), Health behavior change in populations: An applied approach. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Presentations Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E., & O Malley, P. (2017, June). Prospective associations of 12th grade drinking intensity and age 19/20 driving-related consequences in a national sample. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E., & Miech, R. A. (2017, May). Patterns of reasons for vaping in a national sample of adolescent vapers. Paper presented at the Society for Prevention Research Conference in Washington, DC. Jang, J. B., Schuler, M. S., Evans-Polce, R. J., & Patrick, M. E. (2017, May). The mediated effect of marriage on the association between early and middle adults alcohol use behaviors. Paper presented at the Society for Prevention Research Conference in Washington, DC. Evans-Polce, R. J., Maggs, J. L., Lanza, S. T., & Staff, J. (2016, March). The Age-varying association 6
of student and employment status with excessive alcohol use: ages 18 to 30. In Patrick, M.E. (Chair), The Ins and Outs of the Transition to Adulthood: Social Role Transitions and Substance Use. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting for the Society of Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD. Evans-Polce, R. J. & Schuler, M. S. (2015, June). Heterogeneity of lifetime alcohol use treatment services: A latent class analysis. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Phoenix, AZ. Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M. E., & Maggs, J. L. (2015, May). Alcohol mixed with energy drinks as a predictor of alcohol-related consequences up to two years later. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Evans-Polce, R. J., Vasilenko, S. A., & Lanza, S. T. (2014, May). Using time-varying effect modeling to examine differences in cigarette use, regular heavy episodic drinking, and marijuana use prevalence across age by gender and race/ethnicity. In Evans-Polce, R.J. (Chair), A New Approach to Model the Etiology of Health Risk Behavior: Estimating change over historical time, developmental time, and time from an event. Paper presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Lanza, S. L., Vasilenko, S. A., & Evans-Polce, R. J. (2013, November). The Future of regression: Time-varying effect models to explore historical and developmental shifts in coefficients. Presented at The Prevention Research Center Fall Seminar Series. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Maggs, J., Evans-Polce, R. J., Patrick, M., Staff, J., Morgan, N., & Schulenberg, J. (2013, October). Drinking patterns predict early mortality up to 17 years later in the national child development study. Paper presented at the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies International Conference, Amsterdam, NL. Evans-Polce, R. J., Doherty, E., & Ensminger, M. (2012, June). Life Course Predictors of Obtaining Treatment for substance use among a cohort of African American substance users. Poster presented at the 74 th Annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Palm Springs, CA. Evans-Polce, R. J., Duncan, A., & Ensminger, M. (2011, October). Effect of severity on treatment entry following substance abuse onset. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Evans-Polce, R. J., Hulbert, A., & Latkin C. (2011, May). The association of multiple neighborhood factors with depression. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Evans, R. J., Goldweber, A., & Latimer, W. (2010, June). Neighborhood Risk and Protective Factor 7
Influences on School Conduct and Performance. Poster presented at the 72 nd Annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ. Juon, H. S., Evans, R. J., & Ensminger, M. E. (2010, May). Early-life origins of mortality among inner-city African-Americans. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Preston, K. L., Heishman, S. J., Evans, R. J., Marrone, G., & Epstein, D. H. (2009, June). Craving and use of tobacco and cocaine: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) study with polydrug users at a methadone clinic. Poster presented at the 71 th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Reno, NV. Evans, R. J., Floyd, L., Hill, E., & Latimer, W. W. (2009, June). Drug market activity influence on adolescent school conduct, Poster presented at the 71 th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Reno, NV. Evans, R. J., Gorelick, D. A., Singleton, E. G., Levin, K. H., & Heishman, S. J. (2008, June). Reliability and validity of a short form of the marijuana craving questionnaire. Poster presented at the 70 th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, PR. Bedi, G., Preston, K., Epstein, D., Evans, R. J., Heishman, S., & de Wit, H. (2008, February). Smoking related cue reactivity in habitual smokers: does it abate or increase with abstinence? Poster presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 14th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Paulpillai, M., Evans, R. J., Singleton, E., Taylor, R., Moolchan, E., Myers, C., & Heishman, S. (2008, February). Breath carbon monoxide as a biomarker for smoking in an urban sample. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 14 th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Awards 2014, 2015, 2017 SPR Early Career Prevention Network Travel Award 2006-2008 NIH Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award 2004-2006 University Honors University of Michigan 2002 Skandalaris Family Foundation scholarship 2002 Rotary International scholarship Affiliations and Service Professional Affiliations 2015-present Society for Research on Adolescence, new professional member 2011-present American Public Health Association, early career member 8
2010-present 2009-present Updated August 2017 Society for Prevention Research, member College of Problems on Drug Dependence, member-in-training Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer 2017 Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2017 American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Addiction 2016 Prevention Science 2016 Social Science and Medicine 2015-16 Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2015-16 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2014-17 Addictive Behaviors 2014-15 American Journal of Public Health 2013 BMC Public Health Committees 2012 JHSPH student representative, doctoral core methods course development Other 2015 Society for Research on Adolescence abstract reviewer 2014-2015 Society for Prevention Research abstract reviewer 2007 Bayview Pharmacology Research Unit discussion group Relevant Coursework 2013 Intensive Longitudinal Data Methods 2009-2011 Survival Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods, Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement and Structural Models, Causal Inference Methods 2008-2009 Epidemiologic Methods, Introduction to Biostatistics, coursework in social and behavioral theory 2007 Principles of Clinical Pharmacology, NIH Clinical Center (site coordinator and participant) 2003-2006 Psychopathology, Drugs of Abuse, Psychology Research Methods. Special Skills Proficient in STATA, SPSS, SAS Course work and experience with SAS, MPlus and R statistical packages Fluent in Spanish 9
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